Serial Girls
From Barbie to Pussy Riot
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
| Author: | Professor Martine Delvaux | ISBN: | 9781771131865 |
| Publisher: | Between the Lines | Publication: | February 6, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Between the Lines | Language: | English |
| Author: | Professor Martine Delvaux |
| ISBN: | 9781771131865 |
| Publisher: | Between the Lines |
| Publication: | February 6, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Between the Lines |
| Language: | English |
Everywhere you look patriarchal society reduces women to a series of repeating symbols: serial girls.
On TV and in film, on the internet and in magazines, pop culture and ancient architecture, serial girls are all around us, moving in perfect sync—as dolls, as dancers, as statues. From Tiller Girls to Barbie dolls, Playboy bunnies to Pussy Riot, Martine Delvaux produces a provocative analysis of the many gendered assumptions that underlie modern culture. Delvaux draws on the works of Barthes, Foucault, de Beauvoir, Woolf, and more to argue that serial girls are not just the ubiquitous symbols of patriarchal domination but also offer the possibility of liberation.
Everywhere you look patriarchal society reduces women to a series of repeating symbols: serial girls.
On TV and in film, on the internet and in magazines, pop culture and ancient architecture, serial girls are all around us, moving in perfect sync—as dolls, as dancers, as statues. From Tiller Girls to Barbie dolls, Playboy bunnies to Pussy Riot, Martine Delvaux produces a provocative analysis of the many gendered assumptions that underlie modern culture. Delvaux draws on the works of Barthes, Foucault, de Beauvoir, Woolf, and more to argue that serial girls are not just the ubiquitous symbols of patriarchal domination but also offer the possibility of liberation.
